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Hallqvist, Anders; Hyden, Lars-Christer – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
In this article, we introduce a narrative approach to biographical learning; that is, an approach that considers autobiographical storytelling as a practice through which claims about life history are performed and negotiated. Using insights from narrative theory, we highlight evaluations in those narratives and suggest their crucial role in…
Descriptors: Biographies, Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Role
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Torstenson, Tullie – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2007
This article is based upon two studies applying a life history approach, letting 15- to 16-year-olds reconstruct their own childhood in preschool and school, to see what meaning and importance children's experiences have in forming their self-concepts and philosophy of life. A combination of methods was used: written life stories, round tours in…
Descriptors: Biographies, World Views, Children, Adolescents